I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 1008 The Golden Body Breaks

The Zhuxian Sword Qi is a supreme treasure for killing and possesses terrifying and unpredictable power. Even a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal can be injured by it. Even though Huli Daxian has only activated a broken section of the sword, it is still something that no living being below the Immortal Path can withstand.

Moreover, the higher one's cultivation level, the stronger one's essence, energy, and spirit, the more one can sense the sword light, and the greater the damage one suffers. The sword light, on the contrary, does not cause any harm to ordinary mortal bodies. It looks like a beam of light, except for being dazzling, and there is nothing unusual about it.

It's like how, after entering society, the more people see and know, the more awe they become, and the less fearless and reckless they are like when they were children.

As the dazzling sword light rose, a chilling scream echoed through Wenhou's territory: "What is that? It's so terrifying!"

Then came a strange, grating sound that sent chills down your spine. It sounded like glass rubbing together, but not quite, like an animal gnawing on a human skull. The eerie sound sent shivers down your spine.

Zhang Chen gazed into the distance. Others might be blinded by the dazzling sword light, but as the master of the Immortal Execution Sword, Zhang Chen could see it clearly. He watched as the sword light slashed across the heavens and earth, cutting into the golden shield as if it were cutting through iron. With a series of teeth-grinding sounds, the iron was cleaved apart by the devastating sword light, and then the entire shield was shattered.

The light shield that Wenhou had created could not withstand the Zhuxian Sword for even a breath; it was directly shattered by the sword light. Then, Wenhou transformed into a small golden figure, radiating a dazzling golden luster, and went to meet the sword energy.

The two clashed in an instant. Tiger Power Immortal's cultivation was superior to his opponent's, and with the added blessing of the Immortal Execution Sword, Wen Hou's head was split open by the Immortal Execution Sword in a single exchange. Half of the Immortal Execution Sword was stuck in his neck and then clamped by his bones. Tiger Power Immortal tried to pull out the sword, but the half of the sword had no handle and was difficult to pull out, so he couldn't pull it out.

"Damn it, what kind of weapon is this? It can actually break through my golden body!" Wen Hou on the other side was also shocked and cried out in pain. His head felt like it was trying to heal as water flowed through it, but the Zhuxian Sword kept releasing sword energy to prevent it from healing.

He stretched out his golden palm, trying to pull out the half of the Immortal Execution Sword stuck in his bone, but the half of the sword seemed to be grown into the bone crevices and could not be pulled out at all.

He had no choice but to abandon the idea of ​​healing his injuries and throw a punch at Tiger Power Immortal, intending to defeat him before dealing with his own injuries.

Tiger Power Immortal did not take the punch head-on. In order to preserve his own essence and reduce its loss, he only needed to hold off Wen Hou. Without Wen Hou's support, it would be easy for the demon race to break through Wen Hou's territory.

Tiger Power Immortal and Marquis Wen were locked in a fierce battle. Tiger Power Immortal focused on restraining Marquis Wen and preventing him from entering the battlefield. At this time, Marquis Wen's territory lost the protection of the light barrier, and flying demonic beasts kept rushing into the city. They rained down from the sky like a storm, and countless demonic beasts climbed up the city walls and rushed to the top of the city.

In addition, the twelve Yuan Chen formed the Blood Sea Formation, and the surging blood sea poured down towards Wen Hou's territory, intending to submerge it.

"All human beings, as long as you lay down your weapons, can live!" Chen Sanliang stood in the void and shouted to the people in Wenhou's territory: "If you resist stubbornly, do not blame us for being cruel. After the city is breached, we will definitely massacre the city. No one who resists will survive."

Chen Sanliang's voice echoed throughout the entire Wenhou territory. Countless soldiers and civilians, looking at the monstrous beast that blotted out the sun, were all terrified and subconsciously put down their weapons.

The monstrous beasts in the sky blotted out the sun, darkening the sky as if a sunny day had turned into a rainy one, and the dense swarms of beasts were suffocating.

The earth was covered with endless, winding waves, and countless monsters roared as they rushed over, stretching as far as the eye could see.

An indescribable despair enveloped the hearts of all the people. The resistance in Wenhou's territory collapsed in an instant, and with the overwhelming sea of ​​blood, Wenhou's territory fell in a flash.

The moment Wenhou's territory was breached, everyone in the fleet was already standing on the deck, staring wide-eyed at Wenhou's territory, which resembled a living hell.

Zhang Chen leaned on the railing, his eyes fixed on the distant battlefield, his gaze devoid of any emotion. Although countless humans had died in Wenhou's territory, he did not regret destroying Wenhou's territory and causing such a tragedy.

As the saying goes, "Every man for himself," meaning that if Zhang Chen were to detour through Wenhou's territory, it would take him at least three to five years longer. In this great calamity of the end times, who knows what kind of changes might occur in three to five years? The northern lands might even have a different ruler. Zhang Chen needs to return to the north in time to train his troops and eliminate all unsettling factors within the north. Where would he find the time to waste on the journey? Therefore, rather than being caught off guard and struggling, it would be better to make Wenhou suffer a major setback and bring him down.

However, Wenhou's methods were somewhat unexpected by Zhang Chen. After all, that was half of the Zhuxian Sword. He had cleaved Wenhou's head in two, yet he hadn't killed him. It was truly astonishing.

At this moment, everyone on the ship looked at the tragic state of Wenhou's territory with expressions of pity. Their eyes were all fixed on Zhang Chen, who was standing on the deck in white. Seeing Zhang Chen's calm and composed expression, they felt a strange and indescribable feeling.

Fear of Zhang Chen's ruthlessness?
Respect for Zhang Chen's methods?
Or was it fear of Zhang Chen's ruthlessness? In his eyes, the lives of tens of millions of people were nothing but weeds?

"Is this your method?" Zhong Wubai asked from the side.

Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this: "That's right! I only lent Tiger Power Immortal a weapon, and that weapon just happens to be able to break Wenhou's golden body."

“Once the demon race breaks through the barrier, it will place tens of millions of people in a living hell. This move is a bit too much… inappropriate.” After a moment of contemplation, Zhong Wubai, afraid of provoking Zhang Chen, uttered the word ‘inappropriate’.

“Is it inappropriate? I have considered it, whether it is really inappropriate to let the demon race conquer the pass. But when I think about how the Great Victory Royal Family will take advantage of the chaos to rebuild the country, and our northern lands will probably be affected as well, I know that if we cannot stop this situation, we will be in big trouble. If we let the demon race break through the pass and their army marches south smoothly, it will buy us enough time to develop the north.” Zhang Chen turned to Zhong Wubai: “It’s not that I am not compassionate enough, but the changes in the future are difficult to predict, and I cannot control them either. The Great Victory Royal Family has an absolute advantage, and the future is in their hands. If the Great Victory Royal Family gains power, they will definitely not let us go. Only by letting the demon race grow stronger and their future confrontation with the Great Victory Royal Family will we be able to benefit from it.”

Zhang Chen couldn't predict how devastating the great calamity of the future would be. He only knew that the Great Victory Royal Family controlled the most elite troops in the world. If they didn't use their extraordinary powers, the Great Victory Royal Family would surely sweep across the world without any rivals. It was hard to say how much fighting strength the army of the Northern Plains Prince's Mansion could retain after all the devastation, but there was definitely an insurmountable gap between them and the Great Victory Royal Family.

Zhang Chen's eyes swept across the distant battlefield. Hearing the screams around him, a hint of pity appeared in his eyes. However, thinking about the great changes that would happen in the future, Zhang Chen felt that he had to be fully prepared.

If the end of the Dharma arrives in the future and the extraordinary disappears, everything will return to the era of cold weapons. At that time, the demon race and the demon tribes will be like the foreign tribes in ancient China. The trend of the world at that time will depend on group governance, which is beyond human control. How could Zhang Chen decide it?

All Zhang Chen can do at this time is to deplete the manpower of the demon race and the Great Victory royal family as much as possible. Even if he doesn't attack the Great Victory royal family or the demon race in the future, they may not let him go.

Tiger Power Immortal will inevitably be reduced to his original form at that time. If not handled properly, he might even become just another tiger-skin coat. The tacit understanding between Zhang Chen and the human-demon race will surely vanish. While Chen Sanliang is currently a demon master, his status as a demon master rests on two conditions: First, Tiger Power Immortal's full support. With Tiger Power Immortal backing him, if the end of the Dharma era arrives, Tiger Power Immortal himself will be in danger, and Chen Sanliang's backer will disappear. Second, Chen Sanliang's own cultivation level. But when the end of the Dharma era descends, his cultivation will vanish, leaving him merely a bookish scholar who only knows how to talk. What ability would he have to restrain the demon army?
Chen Sanliang was not the master of the human-demon tribe; he was merely a preacher and a teacher.

Zhang Chen, of course, had to plan carefully for the future and create favorable conditions for himself as much as possible.

Zhang Chen's words were brief, but none of the people gathered here were ordinary. Almost instantly, they grasped the key points, and their eyes revealed a hint of admiration, their previous abnormality gone.

Zhang Chen has mastered the laws of sound; he is a remarkable person who has a keen understanding of the changes in people.

The world will undergo great changes in the future, and it will no longer be an era in which one person can suppress the world. If Zhang Chen wants to win people's hearts and minds, he will need to use 'virtue'. Only by relying on virtue and righteousness can he bind the people around him together. If he only relies on iron-fisted methods, the historical Jie and Zhou will serve as a warning.

"The disappearance of supernatural power has made simple things complicated, which is really a headache." Zhang Chen muttered to himself, somewhat missing the exhilarating feeling of sweeping away the Zhang family with swift and decisive methods.

The Zhang family has moved to the north, and many members of the Zhang family harbor resentment towards me. I must win over a group of people to prevent the Zhang family from seizing power.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Zhang family is now subservient to you. If you lose your supernatural powers, many of them will surely harbor ulterior motives and secretly plot against you.

(End of this chapter)